Early this past July, Florida State welcomed 18 new freshmen into the fold as a part of the 2009 recruiting class. Due to the nature of summer workouts, it was strength and conditioning coach Todd Stroud who oversaw their initial progress during as official members of the Seminole football team.

Even then, Stroud repeatedly explained that it would take time for the new freshmen to get acclimated with the summer workouts and to fully understand what was expected of them. So too did Stroud say they would need time to get acclimated to the strain of fall camp.